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<span class=large>THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI</span>
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CHAPTER 8
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In the last days, the Lord shall comfort Zion and gather Israel—The redeemed shall come to Zion amid great joy—Compare <a href="isa/51">Isaiah 51</a> and <a href="isa/52/1-2#1">52:1-2</a>.  Between 559 and 545 <span class='small'>B.C.</span>
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<sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 51: 1 (1-23); 2 Ne. 7: 1."><span class='smallcaps'>Hearken</span></a> unto me, ye that follow after righteousness.  Look unto the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/8/1b" mark="b" type="F" title="IE Abraham and Sarah; see v. 2; TG Rock.">rock</a> from whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from whence ye are digged.
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Look unto Abraham, your <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 17: 4 (1-8); D&C 109: 64; D&C 132: 49.">father</a>, and unto <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/8/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 24: 36.">Sarah</a>, she that bare you; for I called him alone, and blessed him.
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For the Lord shall <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Restoration of.">comfort</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/8/3b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Zion.">Zion</a>, he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/8/3c" mark="c" type="C" title="Isa. 35: 2 (1-2, 6-7); TG Israel, Blessings of.">wilderness</a> like <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/8/3d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Earth, Renewal of; TG Eden.">Eden</a>, and her desert like the garden of the Lord.  Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
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Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation; for a <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/4a" mark="a" type="C" title="Isa. 2: 3; TG God, Law of.">law</a> shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/8/4b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Light.">light</a> for the people.
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My righteousness is near; my <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Savior; TG Salvation.">salvation</a> is gone forth, and mine arm shall <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/8/5b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Judge.">judge</a> the people.  The <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/8/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="2 Ne. 10: 20.">isles</a> shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
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Lift up your eyes to the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Pet. 3: 10.">heavens</a>, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/8/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 13: 13.">vanish</a> away like smoke, and the earth shall <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/8/6c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ps. 102: 26 (25-28).">wax</a> old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner.  But my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
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Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart I have written my law, <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/7a" mark="a" type="C" title="Deut. 1: 17; Ps. 56: 4 (4, 11); Ps. 118: 6; D&C 122: 9; TG Peer Influence.">fear</a> ye not the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/8/7b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Reproach.">reproach</a> of men, neither be ye afraid of their <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/8/7c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Hate.">revilings</a>.
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For the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 50: 9.">moth</a> shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool.  But my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 52: 1.">Awake</a>, awake!  Put on <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/8/9b" mark="b" type="C" title="D&C 113: 8 (7-8); TG Israel, Restoration of.">strength</a>, O arm of the Lord; awake as in the ancient days.  Art thou not he that hath cut <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/8/9c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ps. 89: 10; Isa. 27: 1.">Rahab</a>, and wounded the <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/8/9d" mark="d" type="A" title="Ezek. 29: 3.">dragon</a>?
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Art thou not he who hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 35: 8 (8-10).">way</a> for the ransomed to pass over?
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Therefore, the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Restoration of.">redeemed</a> of the Lord shall <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/8/11b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Gathering of.">return</a>, and come with <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/8/11c" mark="c" type="A" title="Isa. 35: 10; Jer. 31: 12 (12-13).">singing</a> unto Zion; and everlasting joy and holiness shall be upon their heads; and they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/8/11d" mark="d" type="A" title="Rev. 21: 4 (2-5).">mourning</a> shall flee away.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 133: 47; D&C 136: 22.">I</a> am he; yea, I am he that comforteth you.  Behold, who art thou, that thou shouldst be <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/8/12b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 1: 8 (7-8).">afraid</a> of man, who shall die, and of the son of man, who shall be made like unto <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/8/12c" mark="c" type="A" title="Isa. 40: 6 (6-8); 1 Pet. 1: 24 (24-25).">grass</a>?
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And <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 23: 27 (27-39).">forgettest</a> the Lord thy maker, that hath <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/8/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Job 9: 8.">stretched</a> forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, and hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/8/13c" mark="c" type="F" title="IE Israel’s captors, typifying evil rulers who oppress the righteous; see v. 14; TG Oppression.">oppressor</a>, as if he were ready to destroy?  And where is the fury of the oppressor?
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 52: 2.">captive</a> exile hasteneth, that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
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But I am the Lord thy God, whose <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 4: 2.">waves</a> roared; the Lord of Hosts is my name.
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And I have <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/16a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Mission of; TG Prophets, Mission of.">put</a> my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion: Behold, thou art my <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/8/16b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 8: 51; 2 Ne. 3: 9; 2 Ne. 29: 14.">people</a>.
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Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 25: 15.">cup</a> of his <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/8/17b" mark="b" type="A" title="Luke 21: 24 (22-24).">fury</a>—thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling wrung out—
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And none to guide her among all the sons she hath brought forth; neither that taketh her by the hand, of all the sons she hath brought up.
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These two <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rev. 11: 3 (3-12).">sons</a> are come unto thee, who shall be sorry for thee—thy desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword—and by whom shall I comfort thee?
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Thy sons have fainted, save these two; they lie at the head of all the streets; as a wild bull in a net, they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.
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Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 27: 4.">drunken</a>, and not with wine:
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Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord and thy God <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 50: 34.">pleadeth</a> the cause of his people; behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again.
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But <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Joel 3: 16 (9-16); Zech. 12: 9 (2-3, 8-9); Zech. 14: 12 (3, 12-15).">I</a> will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over—and thou hast laid thy body as the ground and as the street to them that went over.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 52: 1 (1-2).">Awake</a>, awake, put on thy <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/8/24b" mark="b" type="C" title="D&C 113: 8 (7-8); TG Strength.">strength</a>, O <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/8/24c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Zion.">Zion</a>; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/8/24d" mark="d" type="A" title="Joel 3: 17; Zech. 14: 21.">no</a> more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
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Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/8/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 113: 10 (9-10).">bands</a> of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
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